The Icon Bar was founded in 2000 by Tim Fountain, Alasdair Bailey and Richard Goodwin. In 2004, co-founder Richard Goodwin was nominated for the
Drobe awards for keeping the "popular forum" online. It was further developed by the same people who developed
Acorn Arcade, the contents of which were incorporated in 2006. When
Drobe closed as a news site in 2009,
The Icon Bar was cited as a notable alternative and took over running the annual awards scheme for the scene. It has been selected for inclusion by editors in at least one
web directory, == Content ==